| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR0961 | | TITLE: | Harry Weisser fonds | | CREATOR: | Weisser, Harry | | DATE RANGE: | 1919-1954 | | EXTENT: | 0.02 m of textual records. – 12 photographs | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Harry Weisser, born circa (ca.) 1900, played the trombone for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton “Pops” Orchestra, and the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra, from about 1926 until 1954. He died in 1980. | | CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Weisser deposited the records in the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 1980 and 1992. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of programs of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton “Pops” Orchestra, and the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra as well as programs for the Pantages Theatre, the Empire Theatre, and Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra, assorted menus and photographs of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Glenora Ice Carnival Orchestra, Billy Watson and His Wood Nymphs (a vaudeville production), Al Preston and his Cavaliers and views of Edmonton as decorated for the 1919 visit of the Prince of Wales. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the biographical sketch is from the records.
One photograph can be located in the B files of the Provincial Archives of Alberta reference prints under the number Bl.2718 and one in the KS files under the number KS.1140.
Two McDermid photographs were sent to the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta.
Material relating to the University of Alberta from accession PR1992.316 was sent to the University of Alberta Archives, Edmonton, Alberta. |
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